Tech startups to Yale grads: Go to a real school

What to do when IT is broken -- and management doesn't care Six failings common to entry-level cyber security job seekers

Technology Leadership March 11, 2015 Tech startups to Yale grads: Go to a real school Hot tech companies are scrambling for smart grads from top schools, but one Ivy League university has fallen far behind the hiring curve. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. What to do when IT is broken -- and management doesn't care 2. Six failings common to entry-level cyber security job seekers 3. Shortage of security pros worsens White Paper: Damballa State of Infections Report - Q4 2014 After a year of mind-boggling breach headlines, it’s clear the approach to network security has to change. Attackers continually get away with epic heists while defenders get tripped up by their own security weapons. LEARN MORE What to do when IT is broken -- and management doesn't care As IT pros, we know how to fix workflow and systems. Unfortunately, our troubleshooting skills don't always apply to senior execs stuck in their toxic ways.READ MORE Six failings common to entry-level cyber security job seekers We recently reached out to those CISOs to see if there was a common thread of mistakes among information security career newcomers who are in the job market. Here's what we found. READ MORE Shortage of security pros worsens Cybersecurity job postings grew 74 percent from 2007 to 2013, which is more than twice the growth rate of all IT jobs. The labor pool has yet to catch up. READ MORE White Paper: Damballa Bot Detection is Integral to Security Threat detection methods must evolve to keep up with cunning malicious actors. Popular technologies like sandboxing can miss advanced threats altogether. Learn how Damballa’s Failsafe can detect bot intention and nature to identify infections that bypass prevention controls. LEARN MORE